The 3rd Scientific Days of Nouna Health Research Centre (CRSN) ended on a high note on Saturday 1 August 2015 with a social event at the town centre with hundreds of Nouna residents and conference participants attending. The concert featured prominent artists in Burkina Faso: Awa Sissao, Solo Dja,...

Polesgo, on the outskirts of the Burkina Faso capital, is one of areas covered by Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). The Ouaga HDSS targets the most vulnerable populations of the city. Special attention is given to areas of unplanned growth.

The pictures show Karim Derra, the Manager of Nanoro Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS), an INDEPTH Network member in Burkina Faso, demonstrating the operations of a tablet in electronic data collection at Nanoro during a presentation on OpenDSS to visiting INDEPTH managers David...

The world's first malaria vaccine has been given the green light by European regulators and could protect millions of children in sub-Saharan Africa from the life-threatening disease.
The European Medicines Agency recommended RTS,S, or Mosquirix, should be licensed for use in young children in...

Unicef refers to INDEPTH longitudinal research as Best Practice in its report entitled "STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, How longitudinal research can support child development." The report says Vitamin A supplements, insecticide-treated bed nets, cholera vaccinations - the effectiveness of these tools – now...

The General Assembly of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has selected Dr. Michael Makanga to succeed Professor Charles Mgone as Executive Director.
Prof. Mgone, who has been Executive Director for eight years, had decided to step down at the end of 2015 in...